Ander Crenshaw: Don't let sequestration weaken national defense

7:09 PM,
Feb. 11, 2013

Ander Crenshaw

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Ander Crenshaw
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Time and time again through history, when disaster struck, the president has asked, "Where are my carriers?" I have long fought to ensure a ready answer - resources to build more aircraft carriers and prevent early carrier retirements, and resources to protect our national security. I never thought the day would arrive when our nation could not answer that call because it could not afford the cost of sailing a carrier from the East Coast to the Persian Gulf.

That date came on Feb. 6, when the Department of Defense announced that the "budgetary constraints" of sequestration would prevent the ...